The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, July 23, ,1938
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Non-HigL Course
Confer With Wills Whether
For City Park
Building Permits Totaling
$3100 Issued; Real
. Property! Sold
LEBANON' In the absence of
' Mayor Booth, City Recorder Whit-
'man presided at the council meet
1 lag Tuesday .night and council
man J.. C. Zumbriek was elected
nayor pro tern. The building com-
, mlttee reported permits or 13100
issued since last meeting.
- J. It Irvine fcr the Strawberry
fair committee offered the Krural
: property on Grant street to the
city for a park site. - Discussion
was held as to applying' for WPA
' work on' the project; ' . A .
' C' P. Hassler war appointed to
t see the county court relative to a
' proposition to furnish liquid out-
; aide of the , city limits . ana on
county roads at a cost of 1.50 an
' hour for city truck.
- John Durlam received a permit
to extend a sewer 200 feet west of
i 6th street on A street at a cost of
$121, Carl Jenkins was allowed
: 1340 for construction of a sewer
on Eaton street and his bid of
flSO for construction of a sewer
. on A street was accepted.
Cosine Farm Sold t? :
; " J. . Estep, realtor, reports the
i exchange of Mrs. I. V. Cosine's 34
acre place in the Salt lake com
I munity to Robert Baker for his
; residence and two lots on Mary
j street; also the sale of Ross
O'Brien's house. and lot on Grant
street to Mr. and Mrs. Couey of
: Portland, former Lebanon resi-
: dents. ; - .
M. D. Davis, realtor, reports the
sale of the Eric Johnson residence
on Park and Ash to Edwin John
son of Lebanon; the sale of Sam
Patterson's 22-acre river bottom
farm - near Lebanon to Oren G
Ball of Placentla, Calif, 1 Ball to
-.take possession October 1; the
' sale of the M. Mallett 15 acre
. farm, known as the Jessie Piper
place, to W. W. Lackey of Leb
anon. - - -
' k. K. Kambak reported missing
since Sunday evening returned
Wednesday to the home of his
parents and Thursday with his
wife and child left on! the return
trip to Gettysburg. S.D. Kambak
stated he had been in Albany try
lag to sell a car. '.. .
- , " To llebuild Mill
The employes of the MacCready
I amber mill destroyed by fire
Wednesday morning bare offered
their services free in erection of
the mill if the management can
pat in equipment. .
.It is i reported that arrange
ments for machinery replacements
are being made.
Lebanon woodcutters were sent
home Thursday morning - from a
catting project southeast of Leb
anon owing to the low humidity
and the dry condition of the for
esu : i .-
L. E. Getgens, general manager
of the local telephone company
the past three years, has been
transferred to his former loca
tion at Forest Grove and will be
succeeded by B. Calrert of San.
Francisco, who with Mrs. Calvert
has arrived in Lebanon. .
Postmaster and Mrs. Merrill V.
Smith entertai ned postal em
ployes. Including city and rural
carriers with their families at a
lawn party at their home Wednes
day night.
Margaret Cooper
Last Rites Sunday
LEBANON Mrs. . Margaret
Matilda Cooper, S3, passed away
Jaly 21 at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. May Slmms, Soda
villa, following a brief illness.
ae was born Ut Linn county
November 17 .1155; she was
mairled to Samuel E. Cooper In
Decern her,' 1275.
She la anrvived by four sons,
Clarence L., Edward, O'Dell and
Kgaaad Cooper all of St. Hel
ena; four daughters. 5 Mrs. May
I .mm of Sodarills ; Miss" Ma Ode
MeLeaghlin; CotUge'Grove; Mrs;
rather Hohl.' Medford ; Mrs. Zera
Thorsiyke, Portland; fire grand
chUirtn, nine great - grandchil
dren; brother in Athena and a
Sister In Pendleton."
Graveside - services In charge
of the. Harry. C. Howe "funeral
home will be conducted 'Sunday
aftemeon at St. Helens.
Hrs.FDRJr : Mother of Baby Boy
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rYrsentfn her busbaad with a sctcb pound boy, Mrs. Franklin X.
IZooK-Tf It Jr. recently brought the roll of the president's grand
c!.! Ircn up to e1-t. Tlie father, third son of the president, announ
ce J to rrportrrs at a Philadelphia hospital that both mother and
c!J were ffiae." Mrs. Roosevelt, jr., was the former Ethel Dn-
.. r t. A name for the new babj has not, as yet, been decided npot
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Mrs. Wiley Post, widow of the
world-circling flyer whose mark
Howard Hughes set out to break,
arranged to meet Hughes at Fair
banks, Alaska, on the second to
last leg of t his round-the-world
flight. Mrs. Post departed from
Seattle," Wash., en route to Fair
banks to dedicate a memorial to
her husband and the late Will
Rogers, killed in Alaskan wastes
. three years ago. . , .
Theodore Hobart
Found Unconscious
State Police! Investigators
- Say Relief Office Man
. Caught in Binder
: SILVERTON Theodore "Ted"
Hobart, head of the Marion coun
ty rural rehabilitation . off ice at
Salem, is in the Silverton hospital
unconscious, suffering -from bead
bruises and a severe - cut on-the
hips. -Hobart was found 'Friday
morning shortly- before' 7 o'clock
to the field,, where he had taken
his binder- out Lta, test. Hobart,
with Mrs Hobart, lives on a small
farm near Silverton. . - .:
He was slightly improved late
Friday afternoon.
By coincidence, . his father Is
Just recovering from an accident
almost Identical which' occurred
on' May 1C, when-he was found
unconscious in this field in the
morning. The elder Mr. Hobart
remained unconscious for several
weeks and is now -at -the home
of hia daughter at Sedro-Woolley,
Wash., where he is' recuperating.
State . police j said last night
that .they had investigated the
peculiar accident which befell
Ted" Hobart of Salem and Sil
verton " yesterday : morning." and
found that the injuries were re
sult of Hobart! being caught in
the binder. !
Police said Hobart apparently
was dragged around the field
three times, slowly, and that the
horses finally came to a stop.
They found no Indication of
other -violence.-1 - - .
Mystery had I surrounded the
Incident due to. the fact that his
father, Hobart, was injured in a
similar manner a few months ago
and " only recently was able to
leave . the hospital. ; The elder
Hobart has not been able to tell
exactly how he, was hurt..
Cooper Building
Mill at Tartar
AIRLIE L oren Cooner has
begun work on. his new mill lo
cated at Tartar on a alt nnr.
chased w from i the Birch-Doughty
piace. xne .logs . wui .- be Hauled
from Gardiner. timber. V,
. Mrs. Welch' left, Tuesday,, for
MeMlnnvllle"1. to attend .the Snan-
ishAmerlcan veterans'. . conven
tion after which she accompanied
friends to Beaverton for a visit.
Betty Wienert went to Seattle
with Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hadley
for a visit. '
, to Attend Corvallis
' or Monmouth
; SUVER A meeting . was held
in Dallas this' week at the office
of County School Superintendent
Joslah Wells to talk over whether
high school students from Suver
and adjoining districts should at
tend Corvallia or Monmouth high
school - this , winter. -Attending
from this area were - Mrs. W.' J
Kerr.' Mrs. -M. Conger," Carl DeAr-
mond, Charles Voss, Mr. and Mrs.
H." Spender and Mr. and Mrs. Bol
ter. - i ,s f.f -".' ,
- A ' Sunday school - convention
sponsored by J3erry Creek- Sunday
school is to be held Sunday,! July
3 1 at the maple grove . on the
Peedee road north of Airlie. Su
ver, 1 Wells, Parker, Mountain
View 'and Berry "Creek were rep
resented at 'the meeting held at
the George home at Wells Tues
day night. L .H. Vickers of Sa
lem, -American - Sunday school
superintendent - for this district
also attended. . - . ' . M
" - Invite Other Schools IV
Plans" for . the program ! and
dinner, were completed and notice
sent to all Sunday schools. Airlie,
Peedee and Antioch are, to be in
vited for that day. Each family
is asked to bring a basket dinner
A good program of speaking and
music. has been -arranged. Sunday
schooL will convene at 10 a. m.
-The dry hot weather is causing
rye grass and hairy vetch to shat
ter badly. Some growers are bad
ly disappointed In the returns
from these crops. ' . . ! '
Reenlists lo Army i "
,- Russell Bolter, son of Mr, and
Mrs. D. J. Bolter , has reenlisted
with the US army and is ilow sta
tioned at Fort Stevens near As
toria. H6 has spent some time vis
iting Jiis parents here since re
turning from 2 Vt years service
with the army in .Hawaii, j
Benton county is doing some
extensive road building on the
stretch of road south of I. J. Shaf
fer's. The hill there has been cut
down - and the dirt filled in the
low place. The road is also be
ing widened and will be graveled
Erie's Condition
Is Reported Good
Victim of . Hit-Run Driver
Who Was Overtaken;
Name Unknown f
DALLAS -Julian Philo Erie,
4 6, transient, was seriously in
jured 'Wednesday evening on the
Salem-Dallas, highway near Rlck-
reall when he was hit by a car of
an unknown driver. T
- Erie was walking toward Dal
las and when he met a combine
which was traveling -east, he
moved to ' the .wrong side of the
road. -When he started back to
the proper side of the road he
evidently did not notice the ap
proaching cars and a car driven by
Harvey Beaver swerved to keep
from hitting him but did hit his
cane and dislodged his pack. A
car following Beaver is said to
have struck Erie.
Beaver stopped his car but the
one who, is said to have hit Erie
did not stop at the time. He was
overtaken though and brought
back to the place of the accident.
His name was not taken and late
Thursday afternoon had not filed
an accident report. . . , "! .- - :
Erie was. brought to the Dallas
hospital where it was found his
hip was broken , and a hole torn
in his abdomen. : !
Deputy Sheriff Williams visited
the injured man at the hospital
Thursday morning and although
Erie wasqulte rational he could
not. remember any of the details
of the accident. He did state that
he believed that the heat had af
fected him as he had been wan
dering fr6m one side of the road
to. the other he said.
The Injured man la resting eas
ily and his general condition good.
Rose l Carletoh
Dies at Wooiirn
- WOOD"BURrllRose Iona Car-
leton, . 6 7," died Wednesday ' night
at 10:30 p. m. at the Woodburn
hospital. , She was born In 'War
ren county, lova, January 88,
1871. - ;,- , ,...;!'
v SorviviBg are four daughters,
Orma W. Carleton ;of Bremerton,
Wash., , Mrs. - Grace Gorelng of
Stockton, Calif.; Mrs. Odessa
Williams of Woodburn and Mrs.
R. ,1. Heyne of Woodburn; two
sons, C. F. Carleton of Salem,
and T. W Carleton ; of Gervals.
Also two sisters; Mrs. C. B. Scan
land of Chlco, CaliLand Mrs.
Le EtU Keith of Portland.
: Funeral services will be held
at the Beechler-O'Hair chapel
Saturday at 2:30 p. m. Remains
will be sent to Chlco, Calif., for
Interment. '.;. . -.,- .,- ;
Edith Bear Bride !
Of Kenton Starr
INDEPENDENCE Word has
been received here of the wedding
of Miss Edith Bear, teacher In the
Independence high school, to Ken
ton. Starr In Albany , on July 6.
They are making their home In
Klamath Falls. v i
- Mrs. Eunice Erline and family
are vacationing at the beach, with
Rose Marie Charboneau as gttest.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Craven
and daughter Phyllis are on - a
vacation at Rhododendron camp
at Mt. Hood. Phyllis has as her
guest Marilyn Mix. ; J
; Mrs. Bell Rodges has returned
from Los Angeles where ahe at
tended the Townsend convention.
Part of the three weeks sojourn
was sent in visiting friends.
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This reprodnction is of a postcard which Douglas . ("Non-Stop") Corrigan sent his relatives in Los An.
; geles telling them he would probably return from New; York in about a week. Instead of going to Los
Angeles, the youthful aviator set his compass wrong and. went o Ireland in his "Corrigan Clipper'
vintage of 1929 and rained at approximately $9O0. The card reads: "Dear Folks The plane was run
ning good, so I came on to N. T. non stop: Have been at Roosevelt field since Sat. p m. Was on the
. radio at the NBC studio late last nite so stayed in town.' Will probably be back in a week or so. Dong-
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Warning her grandson not to attempt a return flight to the United States from Ireland, Mrs. Jennie Cor
f rtgan, 92, talked to Douglas "Made a Mistake" Corrigan over the radio shortly after he arrived in
I Eire. Corrigan maintains he set his compass wro ng by mistake and went east Instead of west. Grand'
! mother Corrigan was not too npset by the news- that her grandson had flown the Atlantic but could
; not understand why so many photographs were, being taken at her home, aaying: "He didt it, not
! 'as!". Photo shows Clinton Twlss, radio announcer; Mrs. Jennie Corrigan and Mrs. Anita Langford at
' the radio station during the conversation with Douglas. BIrs. Longford la the youth's aunt on hia
paternal side. . ' ' . .
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This membership in the liars' clnb
. nare up when doubts were east upon his story that he flew across the Atlantic ocean; from New
- York to Dublin "by mistake.. "That's no compliment, he snapped when told of hia honorary ntm
f bership to the clnb. Steadfast In his refusal of all lucrative stage, screen and writing offers received
' In the wake of hia amazing transatlantic flight In hia nine year old f 900 plane, the Calif ornlan avla
' tor gave vent to his first burst of temper when told of the Liars' club honorary membership.
For the first time in the history of
two or its convicts are pictured in uniform. Tbis pnoto was taken
mm" James Lucas (left) and Rnf us. Franklin, wearing gray tunics
and shovel visor caps, were led Into federal court in San Francisco
recently to stand trial for the murder of Senior Custodian Officer
Royal C Cllne. The guard waaslain in an attempted escape from
the "Rock" last May 23, in which another convict, Thomas Lhner-
lck, was shot to death. " " - - '
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t - After Due Consideration .'of Evidence
Soboa it ted Do Declare That -
Umiull fledced LI ATI entitled to ever
courtesy from t-iars ryerywh 1, a ad an
HonoratT Member
of Burlington, Wis., caused Douglas ("Non-Stop") Corrigan - to
Alcatrax as a federal penitentiary
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Numerous previous ventnres of
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nuLucnsirv sponsman, save seen no leas spectacu
lar than hia eight around the worf j. At the age
of 18, on the death of his father, fcft fell heir to
con side rabls fortune, enablisg hlnlto Indulge in
hia passion of fiytagv In liaa he wsa awarded the
Harmon trophy, . emblematic of th outstanding
aviation axevement of the jear in ia the holder
Standing by his nine year old 'Corrigan Clipper,' Douglas ("Non.
fift9p") Corrigan was prepared to return to Log Angeles from Xew
' ' York when this photo was taken, bat instead he turned np in Dub
lin, Ireland. The youthful California aviator was one of the build
f crs of Lindbergh's "City of St. Louis" at San Diego. His friends told
" of the experiences the flier had when he bought the "Corrigan
Clipper" in 1035. It took him 13 days to fly it from New York to
San Diego. It originally cost $333 and needed 500 worth of parts
. s tor reconstruction. After reading that Howard Hughes motor heat
ed np on the 'round the world flight, Corrigan punched two extra
hojee in the cowling of his "Clipper" near the magnetos.
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The Reverend ff. Fraser Kangford,
. "Non-stop" Corrigan, who taught the youthful aviator to use the
. 'I sextant in navigation." later the minister taught his nephew, dead
; reckoning navigation. In flying the Atlantic Corrigan used neither
i the sextant nor dead reckoning navigation for he: vras depending on
: j a wrongly set compass to take him to California. He will sail from
1 Cobb, Ireland, for his home In California on July 80.
Howard Hughes,
of the eoast-to-eoast non-stop speed record of 7
hours 28 minutes. He has also made his name as a
movie producer, turning out such smash hits as
"Hell's Angela" and "Two Arabian Knights". One
of the most eligible men In Hollywood, Hughes is
frequently escort to film celebrities, his current fa
vorite being. Katharine Hepburn, whom he called
on ia her Connecticut home prior to netting off.
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